Split big AVI into smaller AVIs

Geoff_Wood wrote on 12/16/2003, 5:23 AM
I have captured n hour of video which comes out at 13GB. I had rendered this to an AVI at 15 fps 340x240x16 and MP3 audio at a reasonably low rate to end up with a 1.5GB AVI file.

I want to stick this onto CDs, so need to split it into 3. If I re-render 3 x 20 minute sections, each ends up bigger, and jerky.

Is there an easier (and quicker) way to spllt the AVI into 3 ?

geoff

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 12/16/2003, 5:49 AM
It sounds like you're not rendering to the same format when you render the smaller files. I would suggest that you set the project properties to match whatever you used for the 1.5GB file when you load it onto the timeline. Then when you render the sections to default uncompressed all the video options should match the project settings. You'll have to set the audio parameters again manually. If everything matches, this should be a very rapid process, and lossless for the video.
Jsnkc wrote on 12/16/2003, 7:53 AM
Any reason why you are using AVI's for a CD, seems like MPEG-1 at the VCD spec would be just what you need to get an hour on 1 CD. It would look a LOT better too.
Geoff_Wood wrote on 12/16/2003, 10:54 AM
The customer wants AVIs .

Yes, the re-render is the same spec as the original. What I really want is like a Split, and Save As, without further processing if possible.

geoff
PAW wrote on 12/16/2003, 12:45 PM

I think I saw a post somewhere that showed if the project is set up to the same format as the source media (no frames should be recompressed in the preview window if set to external preview) you can save as and use the copy and trim media option which will save the any events as AVI without rendering.

If you can work out the length of time for each chunk you could split the event and see if this works - is that what you want

You can also get a cheap utility such as AVI Splitter to chop up AVI's without any rendering

I have not tried either of the above yet but I think they should do what you want

PAW